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the simple fact is united states gets to meet with whomever they want to meet with. everybody is requesting to meet you. it's a silly argument we didn't get a formal request to meet in new york and we're going miss each other in washington. if you want the to meet with the israelis, you want to meet with the pakistanis you get to meet with them. >> jon: is the media defending the president on this, kirsten? >> it depends on who you talk to. i think the administration is maintaining they didn't get a request. you know, it's i defer to judy on this who told me they didn't but the question has to be raised what exactly is the obama administration supposed to do. are they supposed to agree to go to war with iran. that is conversation that needs to be had but it's a tit-for-tat what are we talking about here. >> i think the subject is pretty clear, joe cline indicated one view, he called netanyahu's statement outrageous and disgusting. there is lot of disgust going around the capitol because he dared to interject himself into american politics. the obama line is going to
the simple fact is united states gets to meet with whomever they want to meet with. everybody is requesting to meet you. it's a silly argument we didn't get a formal request to meet in new york and we're going miss each other in washington. if you want the to meet with the israelis, you want to meet with the pakistanis you get to meet with them. >> jon: is the media defending the president on this, kirsten? >> it depends on who you talk to. i think the administration is maintaining...
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across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. to divvy up this shared data plan...fairly. so, um, whoever's fathered the most children, gets the most data. let's just do it by hair. body hair? most dental work. what? [ phones buzzing and beeping ] stop downloading, and stop liking everything. it should be by who has the least amount of cartilage in their left knee. [ mom ] i just want to take a bath. [ male announcer ] say no to sharing. say yes to sprint. with truly unlimited data, text and calling. >>> we're back with our political roundtable. joining me, national correspondent for the "the atlantic," jeff goldberg. nbc's chief foreign affairs corporate andrea mitchell. associate editor of "the washington post" and the author of "the price of politics," bob woodward. chairman of the homeland security comm
across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. to divvy up this shared data plan...fairly. so, um, whoever's fathered the most children, gets the most data. let's just do it by hair. body hair? most dental work. what? [ phones buzzing and beeping ] stop downloading, and stop liking...
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he knows he needs the united states. but he is trying at the same time to placate the radical elements in the brotherhood. >> but the core problem is there are angry people out there. and you can't identify them. and the idea that you're going to have a government policy to deal with angry people in a way that will suppress them just is not going to happen. >> let me break in here and come back with the roundtable. more on this. the political impact right in the middle of the campaign. more on that roundtable right after this. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their students achieve at a higher level. let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve pain all day with just two pills. good eye. which can relieve pain all day with just two pills. on every one of our carda reminde
he knows he needs the united states. but he is trying at the same time to placate the radical elements in the brotherhood. >> but the core problem is there are angry people out there. and you can't identify them. and the idea that you're going to have a government policy to deal with angry people in a way that will suppress them just is not going to happen. >> let me break in here and come back with the roundtable. more on this. the political impact right in the middle of the...
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pressure to get a clear statement from the united states. at the same time, the united states is trying to get a clear message out not to jump the gun. they want this -- this plummet -- they want diplomacy to work. it is a tremendous amount of jockeying. overall, the u.s.-israeli alliance is strong. in the past, the united states has differed with israel and military moves but i think you are seeing an expression of a difference of tactics. >> it is important to also note one thing -- there is a significant amount of problems between the two governments. from the american perspective, there is frustration because of the feeling of the benjamin netanyahu government is trying to impact of elections here and is interfering. when you talk to officials privately, they expressed significant frustrations. some of that has leaked out to the media including the key to discussion between ambassador shapiro and benjamin not -- and benjamin netanyahu a few weeks ago. it is too early to make a judgment of that. it is quite clear that there is an increasi
pressure to get a clear statement from the united states. at the same time, the united states is trying to get a clear message out not to jump the gun. they want this -- this plummet -- they want diplomacy to work. it is a tremendous amount of jockeying. overall, the u.s.-israeli alliance is strong. in the past, the united states has differed with israel and military moves but i think you are seeing an expression of a difference of tactics. >> it is important to also note one thing --...
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many other people especially in the united states are saying no, thest a matter of free expression. the president of one of those groups was on cnn this morning. >> the only kind of hate speech that is illegal in the united states is when it incites imminent lawlessness and i think google is correct that the video in question did not meet that standard. >> google, which owns youtube, constantly having to make subjective decisions about what videos are okay. >> interesting. but this isn't over because the white house has been asked to weigh in on this as well. >> the extent was asking youtube to take another look at it and then they said no, we're not going to do it. what you do have all the time, this is what's so fascinating about the way technology is changing the world. there are so many difficult decisions youtube has to face. for example, they say they don't all allow gory vooid, violent video, then you get these videos out of syria that show gore and violence. what we found is a youtube official who gave a talk a few years ago who said there's something they take a look at. to
many other people especially in the united states are saying no, thest a matter of free expression. the president of one of those groups was on cnn this morning. >> the only kind of hate speech that is illegal in the united states is when it incites imminent lawlessness and i think google is correct that the video in question did not meet that standard. >> google, which owns youtube, constantly having to make subjective decisions about what videos are okay. >> interesting. but...
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when barak obama made it clear, that the united states was not standing behind israel. that changed the dynamic in the middle east? when barak obama sent one unmistaken signal. to even when the state department will not say jerusalem is the capitol of israel. and when the united states took a step back under barak obama's direction that changed the dynamic. we have to send a signal. you punish bad behavior. that's what we need to do and reward good behavior. the president should cancel his meeting with david letterman and beyonce and jay z and schedule with benjamin netanyahu and he should stand up and say we will not only recognize jerusalem as the capitol but we'll move our embassy from teleavive to jerusalem. >> mike:ip wish it would happen. i need to ask you one quick question about the economy. we are headed toward what is described as a fiscal cliff that we are going to fall over. what must we do to prevent it >> it is called tax magedon. we need to continue the current tax rates as they are. last thing we need to do is increase taxes. on january 1st it is tax mag
when barak obama made it clear, that the united states was not standing behind israel. that changed the dynamic in the middle east? when barak obama sent one unmistaken signal. to even when the state department will not say jerusalem is the capitol of israel. and when the united states took a step back under barak obama's direction that changed the dynamic. we have to send a signal. you punish bad behavior. that's what we need to do and reward good behavior. the president should cancel his...
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the united states recognizes that. and the president of the united states, over the last couple of days has done the two things that i think are most important for this country. has has condemned the message that has been sent by the film and making sure that we -- that it is not representing the views of the united states government. and he has insisted to countries which have long been our partners that the new governments there protect and defend the lives and security of foreign representatives on their soil, as is the responsibility of any government. >> shannon: do you worry about the moral equivalency of the death of four americans and continued attacks on 20 embassies across the country, across the world. >> we live in a country of free speech and first amendment. this is one of the things that is -- on which our country is built. >> they are making hateful rork remarks about them. they have free speech. in the countries comen which we are seeing the protests, i think people don't understand that this is what c
the united states recognizes that. and the president of the united states, over the last couple of days has done the two things that i think are most important for this country. has has condemned the message that has been sent by the film and making sure that we -- that it is not representing the views of the united states government. and he has insisted to countries which have long been our partners that the new governments there protect and defend the lives and security of foreign...
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iran with a nuclear weapon is unacceptable to the united states, period. netanyahu is trying to put pressure on president obama to draw a red line, and it sounded unfortunately like an ultimatum on his part. if you don't draw a red line, israel will feel no moral inhibitions about attacking iran. that sounds like an ultimatum to me. it's a very dangerous thing to do. but romney is trying to make this a partisan issue because he needs the support of those evangelical voters. >> he doesn't even fully have the support of the defense establishment within israel for his saber rattling. i think because president obama has been so vigorous in his support of israel, i think there's a real desire to say, the only thing left on the table is he and benjamin netanyahu don't get along. >> how wide is the chasm between netanyahu and the people of israel? >> it's a complicated issue. specifically with regards to iran, it's not clear he has the support of his own intelligence advisers for this attack. he's kind of bringing things to the brink even without the defense esta
iran with a nuclear weapon is unacceptable to the united states, period. netanyahu is trying to put pressure on president obama to draw a red line, and it sounded unfortunately like an ultimatum on his part. if you don't draw a red line, israel will feel no moral inhibitions about attacking iran. that sounds like an ultimatum to me. it's a very dangerous thing to do. but romney is trying to make this a partisan issue because he needs the support of those evangelical voters. >> he doesn't...
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states and who they want to attack they want to allow the united states to attack i say this interview by asking about afghanistan but i want to wrap it up by asking you about something you said that because you recently said that you believe that your lesson and its allies are fighting a proxy war against. own with the media but that is at all without a doubt that that create that even more dangerous time to make clearly and in that area of the world if they still don't know what they're doing in afghanistan can't figure it out rightly right is pakistan our ally or is it our enemy now the taliban and you take someone like former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen who said that kani network is an arm of the pakistani i.s.i. pakistani military intelligence that we united states have paid at least twelve billion dollars have given a different forms at least twelve billion dollars to the pakistani military since nine eleven but the pakistani military according to former admiral mike mullen said every everyone else is backing the tell of it so we are supplying money
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i think the united states, well, i know the united states is banking on its taking lots longer than that. so somewhere between six months, which is what netanyahu says, and a long time which is what the united states hopes is really the truth. >> so what we're talking about is the inriched uranium, which is one component putting into an atomic bomb. even beyond having the bomb, colonel, you have to have the delivery system with which to -- to get it out there. >> that's right. >> so how about that? >> you have to have enough material, as you say. then you have to be able to fashion the weapon. more difficult is fashioning a trigger for it. that's still under development. so that's going to take some time. but in terms of actually being able to deliver a weapon, you know, it's one thing to put a nuclear weapon together. it's one thing to have a missile that can range the target. it's something else again altogether to marry the two together. it takes a lot of technology that iran does not yet possess. it might one of these days soon. but it doesn't have it yet. tough to put those two thin
i think the united states, well, i know the united states is banking on its taking lots longer than that. so somewhere between six months, which is what netanyahu says, and a long time which is what the united states hopes is really the truth. >> so what we're talking about is the inriched uranium, which is one component putting into an atomic bomb. even beyond having the bomb, colonel, you have to have the delivery system with which to -- to get it out there. >> that's right....
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as president of the united states i don't bluff. i think both the iranian and the israeli governments recognize that when the united states says it is unacceptable for iran to have a nuclear weapon, we mean what we say. do you disagree with that? >> i think that when he says that implicitly is that he will stop them before they have a nuclear weapon, which means they'll draw red lines. i think it's important to communicate it. i wouldn't bet -- i wouldn't bet the security of the world and my own country's future from a country that threatens our annihilation and murders civilians en masse in syria and brutalizes its own people. i wouldn't bet the future on intelligence for simple reasons. american intelligence and israeli intelligence that cooperate together. that wonderful success about saving lives and alerting the people, and also, you know, you just marked 9/11. that wasn't seen. none of us, neither israel or the united states, saw iran building this massive nuclear bunker under a mountain for two years they proceeded without or
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any palestinian use of united nations. utilization of the united nations. do you think america is standing in the way of a broader peace effort in the middle east? >> guest: i cannot say that america -- i do say america's standing in the way. what i can say is that it will require a sustained and determined effort by the u.s., working with some of the countries in the region, and europe to bring about peace in the region. it has not been sustained. in fact, i'm not sure i can say there is a peace process today. and i think the u.s. has such a pivotal role to play. and both parties look to u.s. leadership. there were times when you look to see if one had gotten very close. when president putin was trying to get the solution, working at night, on the point it seemed very close. but since then we haven't been that close, and there hasn't been a real effort to bring the parties together. and there are people who are now beginning to wonder if the two points solution, the two-state solution is not evaporating. that they may be
any palestinian use of united nations. utilization of the united nations. do you think america is standing in the way of a broader peace effort in the middle east? >> guest: i cannot say that america -- i do say america's standing in the way. what i can say is that it will require a sustained and determined effort by the u.s., working with some of the countries in the region, and europe to bring about peace in the region. it has not been sustained. in fact, i'm not sure i can say there is...
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. >> the unrest we have seen is a reaction to a film with which the united states government had no involvement. >> reporter: experts say the administration must walk a fine line. >> it is a dangerous political dynamic on the ground that's fuelled by the fact that the arab spring has not quickly found a very clear direction. >> reporter: after initially taking hits for politicizing american deaths in libya, mitt romney softened his tone. >> well, this is politics. i'm not going to worry about the campaign. >> reporter: with romney trailing in polls on the question of foreign policy, running mate paul ryan continues to hammer the president. >> amid all these threats and dangers what we do not see is steady, consistent american leadership. >> reporter: today a close ally added more foreign policy pressure. in an interview to air on "meet the press" benjamin netanyahu the israeli prime minister insists mr. obama get tougher with iran over their nuclear program. >> iran is guided by a leadership with an unbelievable fanaticism. it is the same fanaticism you see stormg the ing the embassie today. do
. >> the unrest we have seen is a reaction to a film with which the united states government had no involvement. >> reporter: experts say the administration must walk a fine line. >> it is a dangerous political dynamic on the ground that's fuelled by the fact that the arab spring has not quickly found a very clear direction. >> reporter: after initially taking hits for politicizing american deaths in libya, mitt romney softened his tone. >> well, this is politics....
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it's proximally a reaction to the video, a hateful video that had nothing to do with the united states. >> if we decide to rally around the video as a program we're going to make a serious mistake and make diplomatic mistakes moving forward if we think that's the only reason that people are showing up at our embassy and trying to conduct extra violence. they say too many coincidences. and 9/11, and point to the use of rockets and the military style coordination of the attacks. but in the view of ambassador ryan's approach as sparked as the video was hijacked by clusters of extremists, so, the fbi now still trying to sort it out, harris? >> steve centanni, thank you very much. as you heard steve saying, turmoil and the american protests in economies across the mud limb world. now, a dire new warning and stand off with iran and the nuclear program. as we told you at the top of the hour, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says that iran may be only six months away to a full-fledged weapon. and john bolton, and also an advisor to governor mitt romney. ambassador, thank you for j
it's proximally a reaction to the video, a hateful video that had nothing to do with the united states. >> if we decide to rally around the video as a program we're going to make a serious mistake and make diplomatic mistakes moving forward if we think that's the only reason that people are showing up at our embassy and trying to conduct extra violence. they say too many coincidences. and 9/11, and point to the use of rockets and the military style coordination of the attacks. but in the...
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the united states, president obama has been absolutely crystal clear that the united states will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon and we will do what it takes to prevent that from happening. all options remain on the table. the president has been very clear about that and that includes the military option. this is not a policy of containment, chris, as the president has repeatedly said. a policy to prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. that is the bottom line or as the prime minister prefers to call it a red line, that is the bottom line. we have also said and we are in constant communication with israeli security and intelligence and policy officials that we still think there is time through economic pressure which is unprecedented as well, iran's economy is now shrinking by 1% a year. its oil production is down 40%. its currency plummeted 40% just in the last several months as sanctions have gone into fullest effect. we think there is time and space for that pressure to yield a result. the bottom line, chris, is the only way to permanently end iran's nuclear progr
the united states, president obama has been absolutely crystal clear that the united states will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon and we will do what it takes to prevent that from happening. all options remain on the table. the president has been very clear about that and that includes the military option. this is not a policy of containment, chris, as the president has repeatedly said. a policy to prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. that is the bottom line or as the prime...
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as long as the united states doesn't look like it understands the menace it is confronting and is not prepared to take necessary steps i think the terrorists and the radicals will simply be emboldened and, therefore the threat is not a matter of a week or two, it is now a sustained political change in the region. the arab spring has not brought a flowering of democracy as some believed, erroneously in my view, it brought a wave of religious extremism to power in country after country. >> eric: and the administration believes that will continue? do you think the president and the administration did enough in the transition to democracy against the islamists? to try and stop the arab spring from becoming a nightmare? >> well, it was never a transition to democracy. that is the basic point. democracy, you can't use one word to express fully the importance of the culture of a liberal, open society. democracy is not one election and one vote. it is not even just counting votes, you could have a free and fair election, in italy, where fascists take power and germany where nazis take power.
as long as the united states doesn't look like it understands the menace it is confronting and is not prepared to take necessary steps i think the terrorists and the radicals will simply be emboldened and, therefore the threat is not a matter of a week or two, it is now a sustained political change in the region. the arab spring has not brought a flowering of democracy as some believed, erroneously in my view, it brought a wave of religious extremism to power in country after country. >>...
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how the united states uses leverage in that part of the world and what about american public opinion? americans are very frustrated seeing all these images after we give millions of dollars to these countries and have actually played a role militarily and otherwise in helping to free folks, citizens of libya and egypt from rule. >> david gregory, thanks very much. >> thanks, lester. >>> now a check on the rest of this morning's top stories. veronica de la cruz is over at the news desk. good morning. >>> good morning, jenna and lester. good morning, everyone. fbi agents have arrest add man they say planned to detonate a car bomb outside a bar in downtown chicago. more now from nbc's michelle franzen. >> reporter: authorities say a bar in chicago's busy downtown was the target friday night of an alleged car bomb plot. planned in a detailed criminal complaint by 18-year-old adele daoud who was arrested by undercover fbi agents after he allegedly tried to dead nate what he believed were real explosives in a vehicle he parked in front of the bar. >> credit is due to the fbi for literally d
how the united states uses leverage in that part of the world and what about american public opinion? americans are very frustrated seeing all these images after we give millions of dollars to these countries and have actually played a role militarily and otherwise in helping to free folks, citizens of libya and egypt from rule. >> david gregory, thanks very much. >> thanks, lester. >>> now a check on the rest of this morning's top stories. veronica de la cruz is over at...
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states. >> absolutely, yes, 75% ownership from the united states oil company. >> how big is this oil that you are sitting on right here? how big, how important is it to kazakhstan and the world? >> thank you for that question. at tco, we operate the biggest, super giant oil field in the world. it would take you two marathons to run around the perimeter, it is that large. it holds between 6 billion to 9 billion barrels of reserves. we produce currently 600,000 barrels of oil per day, about 750,000 cubic feet of natural gas. to use the term barrel of oil equivalent, it is more than 700,000 barrels of oil per day. >> is it fueling the economy here? >> that is a fair statement. s direct payments are brown $66 billion. a run 2011, we are -- a new record this year in the range of $13 billion or $14 billion. >> in addition to paying the government, is that for land use, royalties? >> payments to the national oil company for their interest in the operation here. also payments to government- owned railroads, pipeline. it is a huge amount of money. >> so it is a good deal, both directions? >>
states. >> absolutely, yes, 75% ownership from the united states oil company. >> how big is this oil that you are sitting on right here? how big, how important is it to kazakhstan and the world? >> thank you for that question. at tco, we operate the biggest, super giant oil field in the world. it would take you two marathons to run around the perimeter, it is that large. it holds between 6 billion to 9 billion barrels of reserves. we produce currently 600,000 barrels of oil...
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i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many different park service units across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. >>> welcome back. 42 minutes past the hour now. before the break we were looking at islam and what the koran teaches with blasphemy, but what about christianity and judaism? he is the associate professor of the old testament at emory university. let's start with one of the ten commandments, shall we? i'm going to read you one. thousand shall not take the maim of the lord many vein. all right. so please explain what that means and what the punishment, if any, there is for blasphemy. >> it's the most important text about blasphemy in the bible. this one in the ten commandments. it's not entirely clear what that means, to take the lord's maim many vein, or as some translations put, to use the name falsely. it's an openended formulation, and it may in the final ana
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leadership but the united states and the people of the united states. i think that should be a takeaway. >> martha, i do want to look forward and right now, we have in the gulf, the largest naval exercise ever in the history of the middle east, what is the message that the united states military is trying to send here? is it directly aimed at iran? >> i think it's a pretty obvious message, and i don't think anyone would actually tell you that on camera, jake. but i think the message is pretty obvious to iran, is don't even try to shut down the strait of hormuz. they're building up all sort of missile defense-type things. >> and christiane, the united nations general assembly meets this week. and there's a lot of tension between israel and iran. and also, between israel and the obama administration. >> what do you anticipate will happen this week? >> i think what's really interesting and i have talked to a lot of people about this, you know, ehud barak, the israeli defense minister is starting to walk back on talks about a attack. i'm being told that pos
leadership but the united states and the people of the united states. i think that should be a takeaway. >> martha, i do want to look forward and right now, we have in the gulf, the largest naval exercise ever in the history of the middle east, what is the message that the united states military is trying to send here? is it directly aimed at iran? >> i think it's a pretty obvious message, and i don't think anyone would actually tell you that on camera, jake. but i think the message...
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what is the appropriate response from the united states? >> well, there's a limit, particularly in the short-term to what we can do. i mean, obviously, one of the things we've done since the violence is to try to speak to these countries. i mean, it was very noticeable that in egypt, that these demonstrators were allowed to get so close to the embassy to scale the wall, to tear down the u.s. flag, to put up a radical islamic flag, and obviously what happened in benghazi, one of the things that the president has been doing and may have to continue to do is to talk to leaders, like the president of egypt, president of libya, and to try to put some more pressure on them to stop the protests and to protect u.s. interests in those parts of the world and if part of that involves mentioning the fact that it's going to be awfully hard to get u.s. aid for those countries if there's more violence against americans, my guess is that's something he'll say. >> we're talking foreign policy as the headlines right now, not the economy. how is this going to
what is the appropriate response from the united states? >> well, there's a limit, particularly in the short-term to what we can do. i mean, obviously, one of the things we've done since the violence is to try to speak to these countries. i mean, it was very noticeable that in egypt, that these demonstrators were allowed to get so close to the embassy to scale the wall, to tear down the u.s. flag, to put up a radical islamic flag, and obviously what happened in benghazi, one of the things...
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i believe that goes on in every state in the united states. if these lottos are supposed to be for schools, financing schools, all the money should go to the schools. not just a little bit of it and the rest goes into the skate coffers, that's all i have to say. host: next is cynthia, good morning. caller: good morning. i have a comment on mr. bennett's concern on health care. the reason people go to foreign countries for medical care is because drugs and procedures haven't been approved in the united states. host: ok, we'll go next to marty in michigan. good morning, open phones on this sunday morning. go ahead, please. caller: hey, steve, how you doing? host: fine, thank you. caller: i love your diligence and i don't think you lean to the left or right. i've been watching you for years, this is the greatness for c-span that you have so much discipline sitting behind your desk, i could tell if you're a democrat or republican honestly. i just wanted to say over the last, i mean they say are you better off over the last four years? i was hesita
i believe that goes on in every state in the united states. if these lottos are supposed to be for schools, financing schools, all the money should go to the schools. not just a little bit of it and the rest goes into the skate coffers, that's all i have to say. host: next is cynthia, good morning. caller: good morning. i have a comment on mr. bennett's concern on health care. the reason people go to foreign countries for medical care is because drugs and procedures haven't been approved in the...